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Vase
Vase, one of a pair, soft-paste 'duck egg' porcelain; standing on a circular trumpet foot, slender ovoid shape with a thick everted lip; bee handles mounted on shoulder; upper body finely painted with a frieze of garden flowers in polychrome enamels; gilt radiating acanthus around base of body, and a gilt band of fruiting vine around the neck; gilt handles, and gilt bands to foot rim, shoulder, and everted lip.
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Collection Area
Art
Item Number
NMW A 30900
Creation/Production
Swansea China Works
Date: 1815-1817
Acquisition
Bequest, 10/12/1953
Measurements
Height
(cm): 15.5
l(cm) handle to handle:8.9
l(cm)
Width
(cm): 7.2
Height
(in): 6
l(in) handle to handle:3 1/2
l(in)
Width
(in): 2
Techniques
wheel-thrown
forming
Applied Art
moulded
forming
Applied Art
glazed
decoration
Applied Art
enamelled
decoration
Applied Art
gilded
decoration
Applied Art
Material
soft-paste porcelain
enamel
gilding
Location
In store
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